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How to design better “favorites”?
The user want to select items to consume later.
It’s natural to want to remember things. We’d like to know what we seen and where it occurred. This problem predates computers and mobile phones, and we’ve tackled it in a variety of ways. From writing on walls to carving in wood to scribbling on a napkin or a post-it note, there are many ways to express yourself. They all do the same thing: they promote us in remembering.
Favorites can help users make sense of large amounts of data and allow aspiring users to collect knowledge from people they like.
Favorites are an easy way to distinguish preferred content from non-preferred content. Favoriting can be done in a list view or in a detailed view of the item itself.
- In one of the item’s top corners, the outline of a quick favorite link (typically a star or heart) can be seen.
- When you click on your favorite link.
- It has been highlighted, and the item has been chosen as a favorite.
When to use
When your app contains a big number of content items and you want the user to be able to distinguish between them, utilize this pattern. Provide a quick favorite link adjacent to the list view item. You can also give a list of only…
